16 He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.

17 And the seventy disciples returned with joy, and said, "Lord! and the demons obey us in Thy name.

18 And he said to them, 'I have seen Satan fall from heaven like lightning;

19 Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

20 Yet do not rejoice that the spirits obey you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

21 And in that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, 'I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.' Yes, Father! For such was Thy good pleasure.

22 And turning to the disciples, he said, 'All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and who the Son is, no one knows but the Father, and who the Father is, no one knows except the Son, and to whom the Son wants to reveal.

23 And turning to the disciples, he said to them especially, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!'

24 For I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see, and to hear what ye heard, and did not hear.

25 And behold, a certain lawyer arose, and tempted him, and said, 'Teacher! What must I do to inherit eternal life?

26 And he said to him, 'What is written in the law?' How do you read?

27 And he answered and said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.

28 Jesus said to him, "You have answered rightly; Do so, and you will live.

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, 'Who is my neighbor?'